Word Formation

Unit 1

100

You might need to get a size bigger than you _____________________ (INITIAL) thought.

INITIALLY

200

The first of these historical novels is perhaps the most _____________________ (ENGAGE).

ENGAGING

300

No matter where an innovation comes from, _____________ (RESOURCE) people make the most of it.

RESOURCEFUL

400

The company has been through many changes to its structure since its __________ (CORPORATE)

INCORPORATION

500

He had been beaten so severely that he was __________ (RECOGNIZE).

UNRECOGNIZABLE

Unit 2

100

Studies show that there might be a close relationship between aerobic exercises and ____________ability. (COGNITION)

COGNITIVE

200

After a long period of recession, new ____________ have been made in the business community. (ALIGN)

ALIGNMENTS

300

Due to the sudden rise in prices, we need to cut back on our ____________of fuel by using public transportation. (CONSUME)

CONSUMPTION

400

He ___________  called at her home, sent letters, and made phone calls (PERSIST)

PERSISTENTLY

500

A signature is one of the ways you __________ checks and contracts (VALID)

VALIDATE

Unit 3

100

We don't have evidence that the brain is _________changed by stress(STRUCTURE)

STRUCTURALLY

200

The ideal candidate will have both a design sensibility and ____________ in the relevant software packages (COMPETENT)

COMPETENCE

300

When industrial restructuring accelerated in the 1980s, labor-management relations problems _________ (INTENSE).

INTENSIFIED

400

The __________ of huge amounts of data has helped our research enormously (ACQUIRE)

ACQUISITION

500

There is no point in setting __________ goals for yourself (ACHIEVE)

UNACHIEVABLE

Unit 4

100

It seems houses of the future might be powered by batteries that can re-charge themselves using ____________  energy sources such as the sun or hydrogen. (abundance)

ABUNDANT

200

Harvard researchers noted that people have a ______________ to focus on completing smaller, less important tasks rather than larger ones. (tend)

TENDENCY

300

There are very few controlled clinical trials examining the effects of obesity on people, but we can make some ____________ from research done with animals. (infer)

INFERENCES

400

Parents should be careful not to act ______________ with their children when disciplining them. (consistent)

INCONSISTENTLY

500

For a business to be successful it has to  ____________ profit above everything. (priority)

PRIORITIZE